Drilling Engineer

LEKOIL Cayman was formed by professionals who have extensive experience in both global oil exploration and global financial markets. Our value proposition focuses on "local implementation facilitated by global resource access". Our experienced management team and board understand the operational, regulatory, environmental and security issues that drive successful operations in Africa.

Job Purpose/ Key Objectives: The Drilling Engineer will coordinate all well design and planning activities in the Company. The job holder will be the first level of Well planning delivery assurance work and may be required to lead a team of Drilling Engineers to plan, design and construct wells in compliance with the Company's policy and in line with the Company's long-term growth strategy. Principal Accountabilities: Lead the actual well planning and design, working with a subsurface multi-disciplinary team. Ensure all Wells basis of design documents comply with all Company policies and standards. Develop detailed engineering for all wells and ensure the drilling procedures are properly documented. Support the Supply Chain team during tender processes for provision of 3rd party services in well engineering. Monitor the design, specification and procurement of all well engineering hardware. Ensure all well engineering lessons learnt are documented, shared and included in subsequent wells drilling programmes. Develop and support the upkeep of the well cost estimating and tracking system. Maintain, review and re-integrate wells performance data for all subsequent well planning activity. Maintain an end-of-well report document and update it throughout the well life cycle. Ensure the Well design and operational requirements can be met by the rig specification. Mentor and develop young Drilling Engineers. Identify and evaluate appropriate offset wells. Lead internal well design reviews and risk assessments for assigned wells. Develop well designs and AFEs for assigned wells. Monitor well costs on a daily basis. Prepare and update depth vs days and depth vs cost curves. Ensure all final Well costs are properly documented in a Company wells reporting database such as Open Wells. Attend rig calls and provide technical support during daily drilling operations. Act as the primary contact for field engineering issues. Provide full-time engineering support to assigned drilling rig(s). Monitor daily morning report, and facilitate data error corrections and coding. Act as the primary contact for Well documentations (such as Open Wells files, well file population and management) for assigned wells. Ensure you are up-to-date with the Global Drilling Community Standards and SOP's. Prepare internal and external benchmarking and end of well reports. Coordinate and communicate end of well reviews. Support the joint review with the Reservoir Management Team or Exploration Team. Manage and monitor the Well cost budget preparation. Perform all other duties that are necessary and reasonably attached to this Drilling Engineer position and the fulfillment of its responsibilities. Any other responsibilities as assigned by the Well Engineering Manager. Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Petroleum Engineering or related discipline. Master's degree in Petroleum Engineering, Well Engineering, Drilling Engineering, or related discipline. Must have an IWCF Level 1 professional certification or higher. Experience 4 to 6 years of relevant work experience in Well Engineering/Drilling Engineering in an oil and gas exploration & production company. Basic knowledge of well design theory and practice. Knowledge, Skills & Competencies Basic understanding of drilling equipment, including top drives, iron roughnecks, pipe handlers, mud pumps, degassers, choke manifolds, BOPs, BOP control units, and other equipment is preferred. Good knowledge of the use of industry-recognized Well Engineering software such as Wellcat, Stresscheck, Drilling Office, WellPlan, and Compass. Demonstrate commitment to Health, Safety and Environmental performance, his/her behavior is influential to others in the organization. Strong knowledge of wells drilling and completion techniques and new technology. Must be a self-starter, inquisitive and confident to pursue new design and withstand challenges from peers. Must be able to work independently with minimal peer assistant/ supervision. Must be able to work in a multi-cultural environment. Ruthless bottom-line focus, ability to translate and articulate technical solutions into the key business drivers, SHES, cost and production. Thorough understanding of the Company's operations and profitability, in relation to the Well Engineering department contributing to and driving the bottom-line for the Company. Detailed understanding and application of the key drivers of operations and well reservoir management, including seismic, reservoir engineering, petrophysics, production technology, well engineering, process engineering, and production operations. Ability to translate complex operational and development issues into simple solutions. Readily accept views and guidance from supervisors and input from subordinates. Personal Attributes Interact and work effectively with other professionals in groups or project teams and with other Company personnel. High level of independent thinking and reasoning, based on sound technical and commercial fundamentals. Ability to generate good quality technical reports. Ability and focus on driving own professional and career development (technical affiliations, Society of Petroleum Engineers etc.). Demonstrate high level of oral and written skills (English), good listening ability, demonstrate personal initiative and ability to mentor subordinates.